HummingSat enters design phase

Newsroom Lausanne, March 22nd 2022 A small but powerful European telecommunications satellite – the first of a series – is to be developed under a contract signed between ESA and SWISSto12, an innovative company based in Renens, Switzerland. The HummingSat Partnership Project is part of ESA’s efforts to support fast, dynamic and agile private space […]

ARAMIS flexible payload

Newsroom Lausanne, March 21st 2022 – SWISSto12, a leading provider of Radio-Frequency (RF) products and payload systems for telecommunication satellites based on novel 3D printing technologies, announces the kick-off of the ARAMIS project (Active Reconfigurable telecommunication pAyload for Micro-geostationary Satellites) to develop a next generation Ka band active antenna in support of fully-reconfigurable digital payloads. With co-funding support through the European Space […]

SWISSto12’s micro-geostationary satellite wins ESA support

Newsroom Lausanne, November 30th 2021 – The small telecommunications satellite developed by SWISSto12 SA, intended for launch into geostationary orbit some 36’000 kilometres above the Earth – which can be used as a basis for future satellites – has won support from ESA
This new satellite product line and its first protoflight model will be developed […]

Fleet selects SWISSto12 to deliver the first ever additively manufactured all-metal patch antennas

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – 9th February 2021 – SWISSto12 has been selected by Fleet Space Technologies, an Australian Nanosatellite Manufacturer, to deliver the first ever additively manufactured all-metal patch antennas for Fleet Space’s C4 and C5 satellites. The contract will include the manufacturing with SWISSto12’s patented and space qualified additive manufacturing processes specially optimized for RF applications. […]

Dr. Peter Guggenbach new Chief Growth Officer of SWISSto12

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – December 15th, 2020 – SWISSto12 today announced that Dr. Peter Guggenbach will join the company as Chief Growth Officer starting January 1st 2021. Dr. Emile de Rijk, CEO and co-founder of SWISSto12 said: “Peter’s trusted reputation serving within the Space Industry and his extensive experience in growing international organizations, leading product developments, strategic partnerships and building long lasting customer […]

Collaboration with Maxar Technologies to bring innovative and complex 3D printed filters to space

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – December 9th, 2020 – in collaboration with Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, we have developed new types of advanced narrow-band and high-power waveguide filtering functions using Additive Manufacturing (3D printing). After successfully developing and commercializing broadband, low-power filter products in majority for the satcom user […]

SWISSto12 takes off with NSLComm

Newsroom Lausanne, Switzerland – Oct 1st 2019 – SWISSto12 a provider of 3D-printed telecommunications equipment for the satellite communications and aerospace industries, announced today the successful launch and commissioning of its Ka band antenna feeder assembly aboard the NSLComm’s NSLSat-1 satellite. Additive manufacturing (3D printing), provides a unique opportunity for the next-generation communication payloads onboard satellites. […]

SWISSto12 to offer advanced payloads for mini-GEO telecom satellite missions

Newsroom Santa Clara, CA – August 29, 2019 – SWISSto12, a provider of 3D-printed telecommunications equipment announced today the launch of its advanced payload products for mini-GEO satellites based on 3rd party satellite BUS systems. The evolution of mini GEO missions (GEO satellites of 100-500kg) is complementary to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]